The animal was spotted this afternoon near Coalhouse Fort in East Tilbury, Essex.

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation society said the whale could be ill, or young and separated from his or her pod.

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"We are surprised and a little saddened that it has resurfaced again - we had hoped it had gone out to deeper waters and gone out to where it should be", said Lucy Babey, head of science and conservation at the ORCA charity.

It said it was ready to provide help to the whale if asked to do so by other agencies.

The last reported sighting of beluga in United Kingdom waters was in 2015, when two were spotted off the Northumberland coast and one in Northern Ireland.

He urged people to give the whale "space and minimise disturbance".

The rare marine mammal, nicknamed Benny, was seen near Gravesend yesterday and appeared to be swimming strongly and feeding in the estuary.

A bottle-nosed whale became stranded in the Thames for two days in 2006, but died from convulsions as it was being rescued. They can be found in the waters around Russia, Alaska, Canada, West Greenland, and Svalbard.

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